India produces close to 20 lakh engineers every year, with disciplines ranging from computer science and electronics to civil and mechanical engineering. And they all celebrate a special day of the year as their own in honour of the man who is considered one of the best engineers -- if not outright the best engineer -- that India has produced.
That man is Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, and India started celebrating his birthday as Engineers' Day. A vision document prepared by The Institution of Engineers (India), says of him: "Sir Visvesvaraya, an eminent Indian engineer and statesman was born in a remote village of Karnataka, the state that is incidentally now the hi-tech state of the country. Due to his outstanding contribution to the society, Government of India conferred 'Bharat Ratna' on this legend in the year 1955." He was also awarded the British knighthood by King George V, and hence has the honorific "sir".
Credit: International Business Times